Posts Tagged "Music"

To say I have been buried and been behind – including postings on the blog – this fall is like saying “Sales for Chrysler have been a little down lately”. There have been a lot of busy things happening, a lot of demanding things happening, and some good things happening in there too. Parts of my studies at Kent State this fall have included a Seminar in Music Education Class that has given me plenty...

I was honored to be asked by friend and colleague Drew Fennell to write for the River City Youth Brass Band. They will present “A Frontier Fought and A City Found” on May 31, 2009 of this year. The piece is a historical sonic potrait of the battles fought between the British and the French during the 1750’s around Pittsburgh. You can read all of the program notes about it by clicking...

It really doesn’t get any bigger than Midwest. Don’t bring MENC’s All-East into the conversation because truth be known – the clinics, concerts, and vendors are not that much better (if at all) than many state conferences. Midwest is a glorious week in December that for many might be “The Most Wonderful Time of theYear” (With humble apologies to Capital One Bowl Week...

So Dr. Pisano says to me ” You’re hosting the November Blog Carnival.”
I say “Sure!”
He didn’t share with me that this carnival lacks funnel cake…very distressing.
But we are lining up a series of great posts for the November carnival. I can almost smell the funnel cake from here…
There is plenty of room for new posts as well as bringing back some old ones...

The morning was calm. Too calm. After taking one last drink of coffee, I picked up my scores, baton, and tuner and began walking towards the podium. In just seconds part of my middle school band would descend upon our rehearsal room eager to learn and play music (or maybe it was just the sugar from the snack line at lunch). But I never made it to the podium. Suddenly a completely refurbished alto...